Antisifting box or carton.



A. H. DREUX.

ANTISIFTING BOX 0R CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1910. I

Patented Sept. .16, 1913.

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ALEXANDER rrpnancx or NEWARK, new ranger, nsszcnoa mo scoor romaine ZBOX COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, n. r. 4

' .Amrsmrmc Box on canton.

Specification of Letters latent. Application filed January 18, 1910. Serial No. 538,679.

ratentedse t. 1c, 1913.

To all whom, it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ALEXANDER HERMAN DREUX, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Newark, in the'county' of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antisifting Boxes or Cartons, of which the follow1ng is a specification.

' This invention relates to boxes or cartons for containing and delivering groceries and the like, and my improvement consistsin certain novel means preventing sifting of the contents while the closed packages are in transit or being handled.

In the drawing accompanying this application: Figure l is a plan view of a blank bearing divisional markings or creasings whereby a box includingmy improvement may be formed. Fig. view of the box end, preparatory to closing same. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the lid closed down, with webs upstanding, and Fig. 4 is a view of the box closed.

The blank includes the rectangular divis'ions a b 0 (Z, whose junctures are weakened in the manner well known in this art; permitting said divisions to fold in the formation of the box. A flange 6, extending from division d, to, is cemented to division a.

The closure of one end of the box will be described; any suitable closure may be used at the other end.

Thus the division 0 has at its end a rectangular extension 0', which serves as a lid for the box. The extension 0' has-a flange 0 along itsgforward edge, and said flange, being of greater length than extension 0', is provided with lugs 0 c Extending from the end of division a is a rectangular flap a, intended to lie over and be cemented upon the lid 0. Between the ends of divisions b and d and the corresponding ends of extension 0 are, respectively, the webs f 7. These webs are triangular, and are each divided into two triangles f and f by a central line. By th1s means they may flex outwardly in the closing movement of lid 0. v

' The method of closing the box is as follows: The box end beingopen, and flap af lying horizontally, as in Fig. 2, the surface of said flap is gummed. Then the lid 0' is position, its flange c contacting with the adhesiveon 2 1s a perspective and folded at right angles there-.

I flap a, and the webs f f .assuming an upright position (see Fig. 3). The webs are next laid flat upon the top of the lid, and the flap afolded over upon them and the lid and secured thereto. In this last act, the adhesive .bein moist, the flange 0 will slip in its partly ormed union with the flap a during the turning movement of the'latter,

so that the connection of said flap .will not be ruptured, but form a clean, sharp bend. ghe adhesive union between flange -0 and ap'a therebetween. When the flapc has been closed down upon and cemented to the top of the box, the ears 0? 0 which project laterally therefrom, are top surface of said flap, to. The function'served and cemented thereby said ears is that and of making a more complete closure at sald corners to prevent sifting. This latter precaution is deemed important because, in

terior length thereof; whereas the ears aforesaid afford a perfect closure and seal for said ends.

In opening the box, the user inserts a knife under flap a and flange c severing {)hese members, and removing them from the A further function of the lugs 0 c is that when closing the flap a, said lugs, then extending across the box corners, and having a bearing thereon, 'prevent the lid 0' from beingpressed into the box. Iclaim: v i

1. In a paper box, an end closure, consisting of two end panels forming respectively continuations of two opposite sides of the box, and flaps connecting the edges fthe two intermediate sides of the box with the side edges of one of said end panels and foldable inwardly on top of the end panel to which'they are'eonn-eeted to form therewith a folding spout,'-said flaps being free to swing outwardly beyond the plane of'the sides to which they are connected and being disconnected from flap for the folded spout, the end forming a part of thespout being provided with an anti-sifting extension overlapping the lowermargin ofthe opposite end prevents sifting of the box contents practice, when sticking the flange c to flap acit is diflicult to seal the extreme end'of said members as perfectly as the major in.

the edgesof-the' other end panel which serves as a sealing panel turned over upon the of reinforcing the corners where located panel 1M and having lateral projections limiting the inward swing of the said panel; substantially as described.

2. In a paper box, an end closure, consisting of two end panels forming respectively continuations of two opposite sides of the box, and flaps connecting the edges of the two intermediate sides of the box with the side edges of one of said end panels and .foldable inwardly on top of the said panel to which they are connected to form therewith a folding spout, said flaps being free to swing outwardly beyond the plane of the sides to'which they are connected and being disconnected from the edges of the other end panel which serves as a sealing flap for the folded spout, the end panel forming a part of the spout being provided with an anti-sifting extension overlapping the lower margin of the opposite end panel and having lateral projections limiting the inward swing of the end panel, said lateral projections being of sufiicient length, to form flaps pasted to the outer surface of the box; substantially as described.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county and State of New York this 23rd day of December A. D. 1909.

ALEXANDER H. DREUX. Witnesses:

FREDERICK C. BONNY, F. W. BARKER. 

